ambition and dreams

His films relentlessly explore the corrupting nature of ambition and the pursuit of power, from *Taxi Driver* to *The Wolf of Wall Street*.

He examines how personal ambitions and moral compromises shape human relationships and social hierarchies in films like *A Separation* and *About Elly*.

His works like *Whiplash* and *La La Land* intimately portray the obsessive pursuit of artistic dreams and their psychological toll.